Bale-tie.



"No. 656,028. Patented Aug. I4, I900.

L. B. LANTZ.

BALE TIE.

(Application filed Dec. 26, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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LESTER R. LANTZ, OF WYALUSING, PENNSYLVANIA.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,028, dated August 14, 1900.

Application filed December 26, 1 899. Serial No. 741,691. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LESTER R. LANTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVyalusing,in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties, of which the followingisaspecification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to bale-ties, and has for its objects to provide a bale-tie that will be cheaper and simpler in construction than those now generally employed, that will dispense with the necessity of doubling or looping the ends of the tie-wire to secure them to the coupling part, and to make such coupling part separate from the tie-wire and of such material and shape that it may be compressed over and with the ends of the wire into such form that it will securely clamp the wire against longitudinal movement or lateral escape.

To these ends my invention consists of the article hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in all of which like letters of reference denote the same parts throughout the description and several views.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the tie with ends of wire clamped together in clamp-plate; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a detail perspective of clamp-plate before it is applied to wire.

Referring to the drawings, a is the tie-wire, and b the clamp-plate. The plate is made of some pliable metal, such as soft iron, that can be bent and compressed by a hand-tool. In Fig. 3 the plate is shown before application to a tie-wire, and it is composed of the body portion a, fold d, and clamping-lip e, overlapping the fold d. To connect the ends of the wires by the clamp-plate, they are introduced into the plate between the folds c and d and extended past each other and beyond the ends of the plate. By a suitable tool the folds c and d are thencompressed upon the wire and the lip e upon the fold d, and at the same time the clamp-plate and theendsof the wire are compressed and crimped together into the central corrugationor bend f, whereby both wire and clamp-plate are bent into an inte gral locking-bend that will effectually prevent the folds.

the separation of the ends of the wire, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The lipe will not onlyserve to press against the fold d and clamp the latter against the wire, but will also insure against the wire being forced laterally out between The plate is clamped against the wires throughout its length. The portions of the plate extending from each end to the corrugation or arch are flat and straight and form a straight even bearing for the wires that will prevent an additional bending of the wire while in the clamping-press or tool or while on the bale from occurring at the arch or corrugation, and thus breaking or weakening the wire, but will cause any such additional bending to take place at the end of the clamp-plate. The straight bearing portions being compressed on the wire also serve to hold the wire should it be broken at the central bend or arch.

In the bale-ties now generally employed it is usual to either twist the part of the wire adjacent each end back upon itself and form a loop at the end to engage a complementary formation on the opposite end, or the two ends are looped over and hooked to an intervening coupling part,in both cases requiringa greater length of wire and greater work and cost of construction than in my invention, where the two straight ends of the wire are merely brought together Within the pliable-metal plate and both wire and plate compressed together to form a clamping corrugation or bend. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. A bale-tie composed of a connectingband and a coupling member consisting of a a locking-lip folded from one fold upon the other so as to overlap the latter and close the opening between the folds in contact with the band, a single arch or corrugation bent in both the band and plate at the center of the latter, the portions of said plate extending from said arch or corrugation to the ends of the plate made flat and straight, said plate compressed against said band for its whole length, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LESTER R. LANTZ. Witnesses:

J 0s. H. BLACKWOOD, W. P. DOOLITTLE. 

